Lady Sybil Voices Support for English Women’s Agitation
New York July 27 Lady Sybil Grey-Wilson daughter of a Bahamas governor general and now visiting says the English suffrage movement has spurred independence among English women. She admires American freedoms, plans to run a hat shop and manicuring parlor, and prefers American society and opportunity to England’s rigid country life.
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New York
Sybil Grey-Wilson
Bahamas
England
Sybil
America
Body Found Float In Brooklyn Channel Mystery Deepens
The body of Maria Barbato, age 14, was found in Buttermilk Channel by John Murphy. Identified by her mother, the victim disappeared July 24 after playing near her Union Street home. Police report no visible marks but the corpse is severely damaged.
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New York
Julia Conners
Nathan Swartz
Maria Barbato
Union Street
Brooklyn
John Murphy
Antonio Barbuto
Obituary Notices for Sauceda and Dombrowski
Funeral services were held for Jose Sauceda 45 after a cave-in at Main avenue excavation. Interment was in San Fernando cemetery. Augusta Dombrowski, 23, died at 4 30 pm at 1133 West Fall Avenue. Survived by husband Otto and family. services at Sloan Hagg Funeral Parlors at 4 30 pm with Lutheran cemetery burial.
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Dombrowski
Augusta Dombrowski
Westfall Avenue
Pickrell
Neb
Otto Dombrowski
Wesington Springs
S. D
Sloan & Hagg
Fish learns to enter baited vessel despite hunger says Oxner
Continuing experiments on memory and association in fish, M. Oxner reports that a red cylinder with food teaches a fish to enter it and a green cylinder is ignored. In later tests the fish enters the red vessel and waits for crumbs, even when not hungry, demonstrating a reflex habit beyond hunger.
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M. Oxner
Scientific American
Argues With Aviatrix over Women as Air Navigators
Mrs Blanche Scott the New York aviatrix challenged Boston Mayor Maynard Fitzgerald on women’s ability to pilot aircraft. Fitzgerald said aviation is a male field, lacking tact nerve judgment and crisis handling in women. Scott asserted women are as efficient as men and that more women taking up flying will broaden knowledge of air navigation.
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Blanche Scott
New York
Fitzgerald
Boston
Mass
Scott
Detroit
Charles W. Earle
Walter Morton
William Newstead
Thomas Fleming Day
St. Petersburg
Russia
College Point
L. I
Great Lakes
Erie Canal
Charles E. Earle
Harvard
Captain Day
Atlantic
Wireless signaling heralds new battle communication
Special to the Light reports experts experiment with reel carts and wireless telegraphy for field signaling. Carts drawn by horse teams can lay wire behind charges to connect with base, with trials planned in sham battles at Harper's Ferry and DC guard encampments.
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Washington
Napoleon
Frederick the Great
Wellington
Gustavus Adolphus
Europe
France
War Department
Signal Corps
James Allen
District of Columbia National Guard
Harper's Ferry
United States
Boy Drowns After Horse Toss in Tank Near Gonzaeles
Gonzales Tex July 27 Alvis Cookney sixteen son of J A Cooksey living six miles east of Gonzelea was thrown from his horse in a tank near his home this afternoon and drowned before aid could reach him.
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Gonzales
Tex
Alvis Cookney
J. A. Cooksey
Gonzelea
Creamery Dairy Pineapple Ice Delight
A local dairy offers pineapple ice cream from Creamery Dairy Co. The treat is described as delicious and refreshing, highlighting dairy quality and fruity flavor.
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Creamery Dairy CO
Boatman the hermit of Carrizo Springs stalked by legends
A long profile recalls the wild man known as Boatman living in a cave near Carrizo Springs. He shunned civilization, wore a horse tail and buzzard feather headgear, subsisted on raw meat, and appeared whenever beef was killed due to his keen sense of smell. His fate remains a mystery with rumors of a later return. Frank P. Matthews of Baltimore has patented a convertible coat transforming from day frock to evening swallow-tail.
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Sam English
Carrizo Springs
Sam
Boatman
Frank P. Matthews
Baltimore
Darrow to Take Stand in McNamara Bribery Case
Defense lawyers plan to call Clarance Darrow to testify this week regarding bribery accusations in the Los Angeles Times bombing case. He is expected to deny prosecutors witnesses claims and offer explanations that cast doubt on the accusations.
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Clarance Darrow
Labor
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles Times
Darrow
Woman Suffrage and the Christian Life
A discussion of recent women's suffrage meetings contrasts political rights with Christian duty. A clergyman warns against framing the debate as only about voting rights, urging focus on self sacrifice and shared responsibility beyond the franchise. The piece argues true feminine power lies in self denial for the common good.
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England
Sodom and Gomorrah Misunderstood At Society Dinner
Actor John Drew condemned Bible neglect at a society dinner and recalled a debate with a guest who mistook Sodom and Gomorrah for a married couple. An older attendee quipped about their supposed needs to "pee" if they were not. The scene reflects broad biblical illiteracy among listeners.
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John Drew
Detox Tonic Claims Health Boost for Blood and Body
An advertisement promises to relieve disorders such as gas pains foul breath constipation kidney and liver issues. It claims the product will add strength energy and vigor to the blood and body.
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